Biography
Haruko Sugimura (杉村 春子 Sugimura Haruko, January 6, 1909 – April 4, 1997) was a Japanese stage and film actress, best known for her appearances in the movies of Yasujiro Ozu and Mikio Naruse from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. In the West, her most famous role was that of Shige, the elderly couple's hairdresser daughter in Ozu's Tokyo Story (1953). After the war, she was highly praised by such masters as Akira Kurosawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Yasujiro Ozu, Mikio Naruse, Shiro Toyoda, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Tadashi Imai for her natural and realistic acting. In particular, she was a regular in Yasujiro Ozu's films, appearing in nine of his films.
Filmography (14)
Red Beard
as Kin, the madam
With Beauty and Sorrow
as Otoko's Mother
Samurai Assassin
as Tsuru
The End of Summer
as Katou Shige
Floating Weeds
as Oyoshi
Good Morning
as Kikue Haraguchi
Tokyo Twilight
as Shigeko Takeuchi
Early Spring
as Tamako Tamura
Late Chrysanthemums
as Kin
Tokyo Story
as Shige Kaneko
Repast
as Matsu Murata
Early Summer
as Tami Yabe
Late Spring
as Masa Taguchi
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Madame Noge